A Rabbit's Foot is a new film (mainly) and arts quarterly published in a pleasingly chunky and shelf-friendly volume that offers 'an insider’s look at the industry, from a current, historical and international perspective'.
Published by film producer and businessman Charles Finch, A Rabbit’s Foot aims to be a cerebral companion for people with a wider curiousity about film and its wider cultural contexts. Each quarterly edition is themed around a specific subject (such as French cinema or Politics and Film) with relevant interviews, essays and biographical writing alongside photography, behind the scene-images and film stills.
A Rabbit’s Foot takes its curious name from Ernest Hemingway’s memoir ‘A Movable Feast' ('For luck you carried a horse chestnut and a rabbit's foot in your right pocket. The fur had been worn off the rabbit's foot long ago and the ones and the sinews were polished by wear. The claws scratched in the lining of your pocket and you knew your luck was still there.')
About Issue 9 from the publisher:
The latest issue of A Rabbit's Foot explores the power of the five senses in film and culture, with an exclusive, highly-collectable, foil cover featuring Sean Baker and Mikey Madison after the success of their stimulating –and Palme d'Or winning –filmAnora.This specially curated edition covers each of the senses through masters in touch, taste, sound, scent, and sight –with beautiful original photography to match the vivid storytelling. We pay a visit to the iconic artist Rose Wylie, catch up with chef Francis Mallmann on his life lessons, speak with writer Bruce Robinson, whose film Withnail and Continues to attract fans, at his country home, and get deep into discussion with filmmaker Audrey Diwan and actor Noémie Merlant on their new adaptation of erotic fableEmmanuelle. We join Rick Rubin at his new festival in Italy and learn more about the Irish band Kneecap in Belfast.
As always, there are the well-researched and colourful long reads that A Rabbit's Foot is known for. This issue sees directors Martin Brest and Al Pacino describe the making of the seminal Scent of a Woman. Fans of Japanese food comedyTampopowill be able to devour a new essay, while Ingmar Bergman is explored in detail for the first time in A Rabbit's Foot. All of this comes together in a meticulously designed journal that will be read and re-read in years to come.
